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On the weekend of July 15th, 2016 MeteoroiD held their first overseas and North American performance at Tokyo in Tulsa, a three-day anime and J-culture convention held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Upon their return to Japan, the band released a short documentary video to YouTube, detailing not only the event but some of their excursions in Tulsa.

MeteoroiD have also unveiled a new addition to their official website, an entirely English page.
Their English homepage includes information on the members, discography, and a personal message from vocalist Genki to all of their fans outside of Japan.

On August 3, 2016, MeteoroiD will be releasing a live venue and webstore only limited single, “Natsu no 83 Sankakukei.” Fortunately for international fans, the new single will be available for pre-orders on Chaotic Harmony Imports webstore for a limited time only.

“Natsu no 83 Sankakukei” will be available for pre-order on Chaotic Harmony Imports for $12 + shipping from August 3 – 13, 2016. Each pre-order will include a bonus overseas limited post card, signed by each member and personalized with the customer’s name.

Once this single sells out in Japan, they won’t be making any more copies.

While the item page will not go live until pre-orders are opened on August 3, Chaotic Harmony Import’s homepage can be found HERE.

About MeteoroiD: MeteoroiD was formed originally in 2013 under the name METEOROID and consisted of vocalist Genki, guitarists Yutori and Machi, bassist raL, and drummer Tomoya. However, in September of 2014 guitarist Yutori left the band. Following Yutori’s departure, METEOROID officially became MeteoroiD and embraced not only a significantly darker image but took on a heavier sound as well. In November of 2014, MeteoroiD welcomed their newest member and guitarist Mikado to the band. Completely reborn as “MeteoroiD,” they released their first single “Sokubaku” in January of 2015. Having made their overseas and North American debut at Tokyo in Tulsa in 2016, MeteoroiD now look to expand their overseas activities further.

Powerful Japanese girl band SCANDAL will release their 23rd single Take Me Out worldwide on Friday, July 29 ahead of their tenth anniversary. The digital version will be available exclusively outside of Japan as a five-track package, collating the bonus material from all three of Japan’s editions of the single. Two of the tracks will be the first overseas release from Donbondobondo, a hip hop project from SCANDAL’s MAMI and TOMOMI.

Take Me Out is the first single from SCANDAL to be written and sung by the group’s drummer RINA, along with its B-side I Want You. On recording the track, RINA comments, “This release is a direct result of our recent world tour activities, combining various countries’ music and rhythms with our own style of J-rock. We can’t wait to play it on our next world tour this September.”

SCANDAL return to Europe for the second time this September for a ten date tour promoting latest album YELLOW. The tour including a return to London’s O2 Islington Academy, which they sold out last year, and Paris’ La Machine du Moulin Rouge, amongst others.

BAND-MAID went viral all over the world when their music video for “Thrill” was uploaded on Facebook, the video hitting over 2,000,000 plays in only two weeks. Ever since, the band has been receiving offers from events all over the world, including SAKURA-CON in Seattle, America, and MCM LONDON COMIC CON in the UK.

BAND-MAID’s cute authentic maid looks combined with their hardcore rock sound with kick-ass guitar solos and double-bass drums has gathered fans all over the world and the band is now proud to announce their first ever Europe Tour this October! Combined with their already announced headlining show in Mexico, “BAND MAID ‘Brand New MAID’ Release Tour World Series” includes 6 shows in 5 countries.

Don’t miss this chance to see the one-of-a-kind sensation from Japan live!

“BAND-MAID” is…
A rock band that dresses up in maid clothing, refers to their lives as “service” and fans as “masters” and “princesses.” Their twin-vocal combination evokes “shadow” and “light,” and their skillful and powerful instrument team backs the two vocalists up with a passionate hard rock sound. They are still a young band with a history of only 3 years, but despite that, they have already played at big venues such as SHIBUYA-AX and Zepp Tokyo, Momoiro Clover Z’s Event “AGO FES,” “OTODAMA,” “Niku ROCK Festival,” and performed together with artists like Silent Siren, ORESKABAND, HEAD PHONES PRESIDENT, and many more.

They charm the listeners with their music that is the complete opposite of their looks, and their music video “Thrill” was played over 2,000,000 times within only 2 weeks after it was uploaded on Facebook. The video recieves 7,000 views per day on YouTube, and it has already topped 2,000,000 views.

BAND-MAID also has passionate masters and princesses overseas (especially America, Canada, Mexico), and they held their first overseas service in Seattle, America in SAKURA-CON in March 2016. They also performed at MCM COMIC CON in London, UK in May of the same year, and will be holding their first overseas headlining show in Mexico and first headlining Europe Tour including shows in England, France, Germany and Poland in October 2016.

July 15 marked the 9th annual Tokyo in Tulsa, one of the fastest growing conventions in the Southwest. Held in Tulsa, Oklahoma at Cox Business Center, TnT features all the typical convention fair, bringing top names in art, voice acting, cosplay and, of course, music. This year, they boasted the first American performances for not one, but two popular Visual Kei bands, and I was lucky enough to chat with my favorite of the two, hard rock beauties MeteoroiD. We had lots of laughs while dishing on cultural differences, their recent releases, and meat ^^. Check it out after the break.